Fixing the Health Care System

Publications

• CNA's Preferred Future: Health For All [PDF, 1.4 MB]
• The Next Decade: CNA's Vision for Nursing and Health [PDF, 319.1 KB]
• Registered Nurses: On the Front Line of Wait Times — Moving Forward [PDF, 841.9 KB]
• Registered Nurses: On the Front Line of Wait Times — Moving Forward: Executive Summary [PDF, 344.5 KB]
• Registered Nurses: On the Front Lines of Wait Times [PDF, 323.7 KB]
• Principles to Guide Health Care Transformation in Canada [PDF, 3.3 MB]

Presentations and Briefs

• The Health System Nurses Want: A Pre-Budget Submission to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance on Behalf of Canada’s Nurses [PDF, 64 KB]
• Canada's Health Accountability Plan: Pre-budget Brief to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance [PDF, 99.7 KB]
• The Health Infrastructure Advantage: Strengthening the Health System and Canada's Economy: Brief to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance [PDF, 70.4 KB]
• Supporting a Healthy Nation and a Healthy Economy: Brief to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance [PDF, 179.5 KB]
• Optimizing the Health of the Health System: Brief to the Commission on the Future of Health Care in Canada [PDF, 76.1 KB]

Fact Sheets

• The Value of Registered Nurses [PDF, 266.2 KB]
• Nurses Offer Solutions for Cost-effective Health Care [PDF, 239.4 KB]
• The Canada Health Act [PDF, 39 KB]
• Effective Health Care Equals Primary Health Care (PHC) [PDF, 26.6 KB]

Research Summaries

• Nurses Caring for Children with Asthma [PDF, 118.2 KB]
• Nurse-led Respiratory Intermediate Care Teams [PDF, 114.6 KB]
• Registered Nurses Providing Direct Care in Nursing Homes [PDF, 116.4 KB]
• Injury Prevention in Nursing Homes [PDF, 115.8 KB]
• Costs and Implications of Nurse Turnover in Canadian Hospitals [PDF, 118.8 KB]
• A Business Case for Raising Registered Nursing Staffing Levels [PDF, 120.6 KB]